Chat Flashcards
Hedge your bets
断定的な意見を言ったり、何か一つの事だけを選ばないようにする事。
To protect yourself against loss by supporting more than one possible result or both sides in a competition.
I’ve put my money in the favorite, but I’m hedging my bets by backing a few outsiders too.
Have skin in the game
自己資金を投資する
To be directly involved in or affected by something, especially financially
If people have skin in the game, preventable costs fall.
A debate has been rumbling over how to ensure that leaders have more skin in the game.
Chalk something up to something
To consider that something is caused by a particular thing
を であるとみなす
Companies blame the economy for the lay offs, while workers chalk it up to bad management.
Chalk it up to learning with BD
Come down to
結局は に帰着する
結局は という事になる
I guess the questions come down to why should BD resist this?
Contingency
こんてぃじぇんしぃー
Something that might possibly happen in the future, usually causing problems or making further arrangements necessary.
事前には予期し得ないあるいは起こらないこともありえた出来事のこと
不測の事態
You must be able to deal with all possible contingencies.
Worth a shot
試してみる価値はある
I think it may be worth a shot
On the fly
臨機応変に、準備なしで
急ぎで
If you do something on the fly, you do it quickly, often while you are doing something else, without preparing and without thinking too much about how it should be done
This new rule seems to have been created on the fly.
At one’s discretion
自由裁量で
Hats off to you
脱帽です
I finally achieved the target.
Wow! Hats off to you!!
Uphill
Leading to a higher place on a slope
Difficult and needing a large amount of effort
上り坂、uphill battle 苦戦
As we started driving uphill, the car made a strange noise.
Recovering from the accident will be an uphill battle for her, but she’s doing well.
天気が許せば
If weather allows
If weather permits
If the weather permits, you can see Mt. Fuji that is about 93 km away from this observatory in the southwest.
Rain or shine
晴雨にかかわらず、雨天決行で
Don’t worry. They said it’s going to happen rain or shine.
I’ll be there, rain or shine.
Cut it close
限界ギリギリの行動をしたり
時間的にギリギリで余裕がないこと
You’re cutting it close.
何かを提案されて
That’s cutting it close.
Hold off
やむを得ず、延期する、遅らせる
We need to hold off today’s meeting since the client can’t get to the conference room due to the traffic jam.
They’re hoping to hold off surgery until he’s stronger.
Get around
回避する
I have to come up with a solution to get around the problem.
She got around the rule by asking for a special permission.
広まる
The news got around fast.
Rumors get around quickly.
